O, girls! set your affections on cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs; but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth to getting a living.
Fanny FernWhat a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead.
Fanny FernWhen a literary person's exhaustive work is over, the last thing he wishes to do is to talk books.
Fanny FernI hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.
Fanny Fern